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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39611122&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Iraq, the holder of the world's third-largest oil reserves, has opened nearly 90 percent of its reserves to international oil companies for development in two major bidding rounds this year as the war-plagued country tries to raise money amid falling oil prices.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39610512&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39609697&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK South Korean President Lee Myung-bak indicated no softening of his hard-line stance on North Korea and vowed Wednesday to work closely with Washington to end the communist nation's nuclear ambitions.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39609757&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BRUSSELS, Dec 31 (Reuters) – NATO and Russia are discussing whether to allow the military alliance to move its equipment through Russian airspace to Afghanistan, the pact's spokesman said on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39609608&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic law, even as Ethiopian troops who have been propping up the government packed up to leave.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39608638&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Three African nations are deploying troops to remote eastern Congo after reports that Ugandan rebels killed more than 400 people in a series of massacres since Christmas, officials said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39605533&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatists are open to restarting peace talks with the government, despite the continuing military offensive aimed at crushing the group, a senior rebel official said.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39605538&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK TEHRAN, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Iran's president told the Arab League, which meets on Wednesday, it must act quickly to end Israeli attacks on Gaza Palestinians adding that setting up a committee or making speeches was not enough.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39601973&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK U.S.-led coalition forces killed 11 militants during an operation just outside the Afghan capital, the coalition said Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=39601959&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1570 MIKEBREAK BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Wednesday he understood Taiwan's desire to take part in "international activities" but stressed he would not tolerate any move that suggested sovereign independence from the mainland.